1. A piece broken off or cut off of something else
   "a fragment of rock" 
2. A broken piece of a brittle artifact
   - shard, sherd 
3. An incomplete piece
   "fragments of a play"

1. Break or cause to break into pieces
   "The plate fragmented"
   - break up, fragmentize, fragmentise [Brit]

Derived forms: fragments, fragmented, fragmenting

See also: fragmentary, fragmentation

Type of: break, come apart, fall apart, part, piece, separate, split up

Encyclopedia: Fragment

• fifty dollar bill
• fifty percent
• fifty-cent piece
• fifty-eight
• fifty-fifth
• fifty-fifty
• fifty-five
• fifty-four
• fifty-nine
• fifty-one
• fifty-seven
• fifty-six
• fifty-three
• fifty-two
• fig
• fig leaf
• fig marigold
• fig moth
• fig out
• fig tree
• fig up
• fig wax
• fig-bird
• fig-shaped
• figeater